The friend God needs you to be is the friend your friend actually needs. And what do they need? They need truth. They need a person who considers their wants but is committed to their needs. A person who has an accurate understanding of what godly love is, which is not a feeling. Godly love, called agape in the Greek, is an incomparable benevolence. It is a commitment to always do what is in the best interest of that person. Godly love is loving the person even more than the relationship. When we can say, “I love you so much I’m willing to lose the relationship if it means I take a stand for
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